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  Warren Zevon: The Werewolf's Howling Life and Music

  May 6 at 5 a.m.

  Nothing’s Bad Luck: The Lives of Warren Zevon By C.M. Kushins 416 pp. $29 Da Capo Press Rejoice, admirers of Warren Zevon! It’s here. While fans have been treated to a very good oral history, two tomes focusing on specific songs and albums, and even a photo book, Warren Zevon...

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  Stanley Booth's Half-Century of Writing About Memphis and the Blues

  April 23 at 4 a.m.

  Red Hot and Blue: Fifty Years of Writing About Music, Memphis, and Motherf**kers By Stanley Booth 400 pp. $19.99 Chicago Review Press Of all the American music journalists who invented the genre and cut their teeth in the ‘60s and ‘70s – names like Paul Nelson, Richard Meltzer, Lillian Roxon,...

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  Bloomsday Literary Makes a Newsworthy Contribution to Houston Publishing

  April 17 at 5 a.m.

  Deborah D.E.E.P. Mouton is the first African-American Poet Laureate of Houston. The internationally-recognized performance poet’s debut poetry collection, Newsworthy, celebrates its official release this Saturday with a book launch event at the University of Houston-Downtown. Mouton’s new work, in part, reflects on a post-Harvey Houston. She’s worked to promote literacy...

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  How Austin Became "Austin" is a Wild 'n Weird Tale

  April 10 at 4 a.m.

  Austin to ATX: The Hippies, Pickers, Slackers & Geeks Who Transformed The Capital of Texas By Joe Nick Patoski 376 pp. $32 Texas A&M University Press First things first: You are reading the identity of the publisher correctly above. That the literary cabal at College Station could (and would) put...

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  Margaret Atwood Doesn't Suffer Fools At Jones Hall

  April 6 at 6:38 a.m.

  An Evening with Margaret Atwood Jesse H. Jones Hall for the Performing Arts April 5, 2019 If you weren't familiar with celebrated author Margaret Atwood before the 2016 Presidential election, I bet you are now. Her most famous novel, The Handmaid's Tale, didn't just win the Arthur C. Clarke Award,...

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  Best Bets This Weekend in Houston: Margaret Atwood, Fast Cars and 'Stros

  April 4 at 4 a.m.

  There's literally something for everybody this weekend in Houston. Muscle cars, literary superstar Margaret Atwood, opening day for baseball, and even a plant sale to jumpstart your pollinator garden. Film buffs can choose between attending WorldFest or seeing home movies on the Menil's exterior; music lovers have opera, chamber music...